Keyboard shortcuts

Our goal: a BibleShow operator should feel at home from minute one, and a Mac-native operator shouldn't fight the platform. So we kept BibleShow's shortcuts exactly where they earn their place — the core keys (Return, Esc, PageDown/Up, F5/F6/F9) work identically — and added Mac-idiomatic equivalents (⌘+F ⌘+K ←/→ for live navigation) where macOS has its own deeply-rooted convention. Both work; pick whichever your fingers already know.

Note: output-control shortcuts (Return, PageDown/Up) are suppressed when focus is on a text field — so you don't trigger them while typing a reference or a search query.

Output control

Key	Action
`Return`	Show preview verse on output Suppressed when a text field is focused.
`F9`	Show preview verse on output Same as Return — kept for BibleShow muscle memory.
`Esc`	Hide output Always fires, even when a text field is focused. Press it again — with the output already hidden — to open the Book → Chapter → Verse browser and focus the reference field (text selected, ready to replace).

Navigation

Key	Action
`→`	Next verse on output Mac-native equivalent of PageDown. Suppressed when a text field is focused.
`←`	Previous verse on output Mac-native equivalent of PageUp. Suppressed when a text field is focused.
`PageDown`	Next verse on output BibleShow heritage. On a MacBook with no dedicated key, use fn + ↓ or just →.
`PageUp`	Previous verse on output BibleShow heritage. On a MacBook with no dedicated key, use fn + ↑ or just ←.
`↓`	Move preview selection down Independent of live output.
`↑`	Move preview selection up Independent of live output.

Focus

Key	Action
`F5`	Focus reference field
`⌘+F`	Focus reference field Modern alias for F5.
`F6`	Focus search field
`⌘+K`	Focus search field Modern alias for F6.

Panels

Key	Action
`F7`	Switch the right panel to Program
`⌘+⇧+P`	Switch the right panel to Program Modern alias for F7. Cmd+P alone is reserved for the macOS-standard Print command.
`F8`	Switch the right panel to History
`⌘+⇧+H`	Switch the right panel to History Modern alias for F8. Cmd+H alone is reserved for the macOS-standard Hide command.
`⌘+B`	Open the touch browser (Book → Chapter → Verse)
`⌘+⇧+O`	Toggle the outputs preview drawer Slides in from the bottom with thumbnails of every active output. Cmd+O alone is reserved for the macOS-standard "Open File".